Huff Post: The Real Reason White People Say All Lives Matter
Why “Black” Makes Us Uncomfortable
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Dear fellow white people, let’s have an honest talk about why we say “All Lives Matter.” First of all, notice that no one was saying “All Lives Matter” before people started saying “Black Lives Matter.” So “All Lives Matter” is a response to “Black Lives Matter.” Apparently, something about the statement “Black Lives Matter” makes us uncomfortable. Why is that?
Now some white people might say that singling out Black people’s lives as mattering somehow means that white lives don’t matter. Of course, that’s silly. If you went to a Breast Cancer Awareness event, you wouldn’t think that they were saying that other types of cancer don’t matter. And you’d be shocked if someone showed up with a sign saying “Colon Cancer Matters” or chanting “All Cancer Patients Matter.” So clearly, something else is prompting people to say “All Lives Matter” in response to “Black Lives Matter.”
Many of the people saying “All Lives Matter” also are fond of saying “Blue Lives Matter.” If you find that the statement “Black Lives Matter” bothers you, but not “Blue Lives Matter,” then the operative word is “Black”. That should tell us something. There’s something deeply discomfiting about the word “Black.” I think it’s because it reminds us of our whiteness and challenges our notion that race doesn’t matter.
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...All Lives Matter” is a problem because it refocuses the issue away from systemic racism and Black lives. It distracts and diminishes the message that Black lives matter or that they should matter more than they do. “All Lives Matter” is really code for “White Lives Matter,” because when white people think about “all lives,” we automatically think about “all white lives.
The cancer analogy doesn't work, because someone with lung cancer (for example) will be pissed if "breast cancer matters" was the only thing being promoted.
BLM doesn't work. Simple as. It's the equivalent to a tot throwing their toys out their pram, and you can tell it has no real plan to actually change the system, because it's done bugger all. There's arguably more police brutality as a result of BLM than before.
I think liberals should stick to the traditional: NBC News, New York Times or The Washington Post, etc and NOT these ******* crazy, deluded as **** ultra liberal media like the Huff Post, Salon, Rawstory, these sites are damaging to liberalism, they're extremists and radical SJW ...
By the way #AllLivesMatter, black, white, brown, mixed race, All Lives Matter!
The cancer analogy doesn't work, because someone with lung cancer (for example) will be pissed if "breast cancer matters" was the only thing being promoted.
There's a breast cancer awareness month, there are marches and rallies that focus exclusively on breast cancer and no one has ever seemed to have a problem with it. Show me even one receipt. I'll wait, patiently.
There's a breast cancer awareness month, there are marches and rallies that focus exclusively on breast cancer and no one has ever seemed to have a problem with it. Show me even one receipt. I'll wait, patiently.
Breast cancer awareness campaigns are different, and you know it.
BLM doesn't work. Simple as. It's the equivalent to a tot throwing their toys out their pram, and you can tell it has no real plan to actually change the system, because it's done bugger all. There's arguably more police brutality as a result of BLM than before.
You should do better than making up statistics for the purposes of trying to prove your invalid point.
If you think people marching to protest being murdered by police is the same as a child thrown their toys, then that's a reflection of you more than anything. I bet you didn't read the article because ignorance is so much more comfortable.
You should do better than making up statistics for the purposes of trying to prove your invalid point.
If you think people marching to protest being murdered by police is the same as a child thrown their toys, then that's a reflection of you more than anything. I bet you didn't read the article because ignorance is so much more comfortable.
Don't make stupid bets. I read the whole article too. I'm not ignorant either, I'm rather informed, and I didn't make up any stats.
It's nice to see smart people here actually reading the article instead of rushing in here to spout some veiled racist nonsense and made up statistics. Kudos to you. The rest of you are beyond hope, but that's ok.
The cancer analogy doesn't work, because someone with lung cancer (for example) will be pissed if "breast cancer matters" was the only thing being promoted.
They wouldn't have to worry
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November is officially Lung Cancer Awareness Month
You should do better than making up statistics for the purposes of trying to prove your invalid point.
If you think people marching to protest being murdered by police is the same as a child thrown their toys, then that's a reflection of you more than anything. I bet you didn't read the article because ignorance is so much more comfortable.
Like they have to ****ing pick a side.
